Red Sox fall to Twins in 10th

Hicks' single wins it after Boston ties it with 2 in 9th

Associated Press

Associated Press

Published 11:34 pm, Thursday, May 15, 2014

Minnesota Twins Aaron Hicks drives a single to score the winning run off Boston Red Sox pitcher Andrew Miller during the 10th inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Red Sox catcher David Ross, center, and home plate umpire Chris Guccione watch. The Twins won 4-3. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid) ORG XMIT: MNTO111

All-Star closer Glen Perkins blew his second save of the season, giving up a two-run single to Will Middlebrooks with the bases loaded that tied the game in the ninth inning. But Kurt Suzuki doubled down the left-field line and Hicks, who entered the day hitting .161, lined a 3-2 pitch to left field off of Andrew Miller (1-2) to win it.

Mike Carp had two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, but David Ortiz was a quiet 1-for-4 with a single after going deep twice in each of the first two games of the series.

Reds 5-1, Padres 0-6: Johnny Cueto pitched a three-hitter for his second shutout of the season, and Brandon Phillips hit a three-run homer and a double in the opener of the doubleheader. Cueto (4-2) lowered the majors' best ERA to 1.25. He is the first major-league pitcher to go at least seven innings and allow two or fewer runs in each of his first nine starts since the Philadelphia Athletics' Harry Krause in 1909. San Diego hit three home runs in taking the nightcap at Cincinnati.

Cardinals 5, Cubs 3: Michael Wacha pitched seven innings and drove in two runs for St. Louis. Wacha (3-3) had lost his last three decisions. The 22-year-old right-hander allowed seven hits, including a homer, but did not walk a batter. He struck out five.The Cubs have lost nine of their past 11 and are off to the worst start in 39 games (13-26) since 2002.

Blue Jays 4, Indians 2: Edwin Encarnacion hit two home runs, Juan Francisco also connected and Toronto beat Cleveland Indians to give manager John Gibbons his 400th career win. Encarnacion hit a solo homer in the second off Danny Salazar and added a two-run blast in the fifth off C.C. Lee. It was his second multihomer game of the season and the 13th of his career. Encarnacion finished 3-for-4, adding a double in the third. Two batters after Encarnacion's homer in the second, Francisco also went deep off Salazar (1-4). David Murphy homered for the Indians.

Orioles 2, Royals 1: Nelson Cruz's two-run homer in the fourth inning enabled Baltimore to hold off Kansas City, which scored in the bottom of the inning.